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general_n and_o proclamation_n be_v make_v through_o all_o the_o city_n of_o peloponesus_fw-la by_o the_o athenian_a herald_n that_o it_o shall_v be_v lawful_a for_o any_o that_o will_v to_o plant_v with_o they_o in_o their_o intend_a new_a colony_n many_o comply_v especial_o be_v move_v thereunto_o by_o the_o oracle_n of_o apollo_n who_o advise_v they_o to_o build_v a_o city_n there_o where_o there_o be_v little_a water_n and_o yet_o bread_n without_o measure_n set_v sail_n therefore_o for_o italy_n they_o at_o length_n arrive_v at_o sybaris_n and_o there_o make_v diligent_a search_n for_o the_o place_n commend_v to_o they_o by_o the_o deity_n and_o find_v a_o fountain_n or_o spring_n not_o far_o from_o sybaris_n which_o be_v call_v thuria_n issue_v its_o water_n through_o a_o brazen_a pipe_n call_v medymnum_n which_o signify_v a_o bushel_n judge_v this_o to_o be_v the_o place_n foretell_v by_o the_o oracle_n they_o compass_v it_o in_o with_o a_o wall_n and_o there_o
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by_o the_o tragedian_n charonidas_n frame_v another_o very_a good_a law_n concern_v the_o guardianship_n of_o orphan_n orphan_n 5_o about_o orphan_n upon_o the_o first_o view_n there_o seem_v to_o be_v little_a in_o it_o worthy_a take_v notice_n of_o but_o examine_v it_o more_o close_o we_o may_v discern_v much_o in_o it_o wisdom_n and_o excellent_a contrivance_n their_o estate_n he_o commit_v to_o the_o care_n and_o guardianship_n of_o next_o of_o kin_n on_o their_o father_n side_n but_o their_o education_n and_o the_o custody_n of_o their_o person_n 445._o ante_fw-la chr._n 445._o to_o they_o of_o the_o mother_n at_o first_o here_o seem_v nothing_o of_o any_o great_a weight_n in_o this_o law_n but_o upon_o more_o serious_a consideration_n it_o will_v evident_o appear_v to_o be_v a_o most_o excellent_a constitution_n for_o if_o the_o cause_n be_v serious_o pry_v into_o why_o he_o order_v the_o care_n of_o the_o estate_n to_o one_o and_o the_o education_n of_o the_o person_n to_o 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country_n for_o whereas_o former_a lawgiver_n make_v it_o death_n his_o edict_n be_v that_o such_o man_n shall_v sit_v three_o day_n in_o the_o forum_n clothe_v in_o woman_n apparel_n which_o constitution_n as_o it_o be_v more_o moderate_a than_o those_o in_o other_o place_n so_o the_o greatness_n of_o the_o disgrace_n do_v work_v more_o upon_o ingenious_a spirit_n to_o deter_v they_o from_o softness_n and_o effeminatness_n judge_v it_o far_o better_a to_o die_v than_o to_o undergo_v so_o much_o disgrace_n in_o their_o own_o country_n by_o this_o way_n he_o destroy_v not_o those_o that_o be_v guilty_a but_o reserve_v they_o for_o the_o future_a service_n of_o the_o city_n as_o occasion_n shall_v be_v who_o in_o all_o likelihood_n after_o such_o disgrace_n will_v carry_v themselves_o better_a and_o endeavour_v to_o wipe_v off_o the_o stain_n of_o their_o former_a reproach_n by_o do_v something_o more_o than_o ordinary_a for_o the_o time_n to_o come_v the_o severity_n and_o strictness_n likewise_o they_o the_o severity_n of_o his_o law_n as_o to_o the_o repeat_n of_o they_o of_o his_o law_n give_v a_o perpetual_a vigour_n to_o they_o for_o it_o be_v absolute_o forbid_v to_o depart_v in_o the_o least_o from_o the_o letter_n of_o the_o law_n though_o it_o be_v never_o so_o severe_a or_o inconvenient_a but_o if_o any_o be_v fit_a to_o be_v repeal_v or_o amend_v he_o give_v power_n for_o that_o purpose_n for_o he_o judge_v it_o fit_a and_o just_a for_o every_o man_n to_o stoop_v to_o the_o 445._o ant._n chr._n 445._o authority_n of_o the_o lawgiver_n but_o to_o suffer_v the_o cavil_n and_o exception_n of_o every_o private_a man_n to_o prevail_v nay_o though_o they_o seem_v to_o tend_v to_o the_o public_a good_a be_v most_o absurd_a and_o by_o this_o mean_v he_o restrain_v those_o that_o will_v in_o give_v of_o of_o judgement_n for_o criminal_a matter_n bring_v in_o their_o own_o gloss_n and_o exposition_n against_o the_o express_a word_n of_o the_o law_n lest_o by_o their_o cavil_n the_o authority_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v come_v to_o nothing_o and_o hereupon_o it_o be_v report_v that_o some_o prosecutor_n 298._o p._n 298._o against_o criminal_n say_v to_o the_o judge_n that_o either_o the_o law_n or_o the_o malefactor_n must_v of_o necessity_n be_v preserve_v charonidas_n therefore_o appoint_v something_o more_o than_o usual_a concern_v the_o amendment_n of_o the_o law_n for_o whereas_o he_o see_v that_o there_o be_v many_o in_o diverse_a city_n who_o rash_o and_o hand_n over_o head_n go_v about_o to_o correct_v and_o amend_v the_o law_n do_v nothing_o else_o but_o by_o corrupt_v they_o involve_v the_o common_a people_n in_o sedition_n he_o publish_v this_o most_o excellent_a law_n differ_v from_o all_o that_o be_v before_o that_o any_o person_n who_o will_v have_v any_o law_n to_o be_v alter_v or_o amend_v a_o council_n shall_v be_v call_v and_o he_o who_o will_v have_v a_o alteration_n law_n 8._o concern_v amendment_n of_o the_o law_n shall_v have_v a_o rope_n put_v about_o his_o neck_n and_o so_o continue_v while_o the_o vote_n of_o the_o people-concerning_a the_o change_n of_o the_o law_n be_v in_o take_v and_o if_o the_o assembly_n do_v approve_v of_o the_o new_a law_n than_o the_o author_n shall_v be_v discharge_v innovation_n a_o notable_a law_n to_o prevent_v innovation_n but_o if_o it_o be_v reject_v than_o he_o shall_v be_v forthwith_o hang_v by_o this_o so_o severe_a a_o caution_n to_o prevent_v innovation_n new_a lawmaker_n disappear_v and_o none_o dare_v so_o much_o as_o whisper_v any_o thing_n concern_v the_o amendment_n or_o alteration_n of_o the_o law_n from_o that_o time_n forward_o there_o be_v at_o thurium_n only_o three_o force_v by_o urgent_a provocation_n that_o appear_v and_o stand_v up_o to_o persuade_v the_o people_n to_o abrogation_n of_o some_o law_n for_o there_o be_v a_o law_n that_o he_o who_o strike_v out_o the_o eye_n 445._o ant._n chr._n 445._o of_o another_o shall_v have_v his_o own_o eye_n 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any_o wife_n that_o have_v a_o desire_n to_o leave_v marriage_n law_n about_o marriage_n her_o husband_n to_o marry_v any_o other_o man_n provide_v he_o be_v no_o young_a than_o her_o former_a husband_n and_o that_o he_o who_o cast_v off_o his_o wife_n shall_v marry_v none_o young_a than_o the_o wife_n he_o reject_v and_o he_o succeed_v so_o well_o in_o his_o proposal_n that_o by_o have_v the_o law_n amend_v he_o not_o only_o escape_v the_o rope_n but_o by_o this_o mean_n his_o wife_n that_o have_v a_o mind_n to_o a_o young_a fellow_n be_v force_v to_o return_v to_o he_o again_o 445._o ant._n chr._n 445._o the_o three_o law_n which_o solon_n likewise_o have_v make_v which_o be_v amend_v be_v that_o concern_v virgin_n and_o orphan_n the_o law_n be_v that_o where_o there_o be_v a_o heiress_n leave_v the_o next_o of_o kin_n may_v demand_v she_o in_o marriage_n and_o so_o on_o the_o other_o hand_n a_o young_a woman_n a_o orphan_n may_v demand_v he_o that_o be_v of_o her_o next_o kindred_n 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magistrate_n which_o continue_v to_o this_o very_a time_n of_o write_v this_o history_n and_o though_o the_o frame_n of_o the_o government_n be_v now_o change_v for_o since_o the_o roman_n impart_v the_o law_n of_o their_o city_n to_o the_o sicilian_n the_o office_n of_o the_o amphipolus_n have_v still_o continue_v be_v now_o grow_v old_a have_v be_v execute_v above_o three_o hundred_o year_n and_o thus_o stand_v the_o affair_n of_o sicily_n at_o that_o time_n in_o macedonia_n philip_n have_v persuade_v all_o the_o greek_a city_n in_o thrace_n to_o concord_n among_o themselves_o make_v a_o expedition_n against_o the_o thracian_n for_o cersobleptes_n the_o thracian_a king_n be_v continual_o destroy_v the_o greek_a city_n in_o the_o hellespont_n and_o harrass_v and_o spoil_v the_o country_n therefore_o philip_n to_o put_v a_o check_n to_o the_o design_n and_o progress_n of_o the_o barbarian_n invade_v they_o with_o a_o great_a army_n and_o be_v so_o victorious_a that_o he_o force_v they_o to_o pay_v a_o ten_o as_o a_o tribute_n to_o the_o kingdom_n of_o macedonia_n and_o by_o building_n of_o strong_a town_n in_o convenient_a place_n he_o curb_v the_o insolency_n of_o the_o thracian_n the_o greek_a city_n therefore_o be_v free_v from_o their_o fear_n with_o great_a eagerness_n enter_v into_o a_o league_n of_o confederacy_n with_o philip._n as_o to_o writer_n theopompus_n of_o chius_n compose_v a_o history_n of_o the_o act_n of_o philip_n in_o three_o book_n in_o which_o be_v interweave_v the_o affair_n of_o sicily_n for_o beginning_n with_o the_o sovereignty_n of_o dionysius_n the_o elder_a he_o comprehend_v a_o account_n of_o the_o transaction_n of_o fifty_o year_n and_o end_v with_o the_o expulsion_n of_o dionysius_n the_o young_a these_o three_o book_n be_v from_o the_o forty_o first_o to_o the_o forty_o three_o year_n of_o the_o fifty_o year_n chap._n xii_o the_o act_n of_o timoleon_n in_o sicily_n the_o preparation_n of_o the_o carthaginian_n against_o timoleon_n the_o remarkable_a siege_n of_o perinthus_n by_o philip._n pexodorus_fw-la expel_v his_o brother_n adam_n from_o the_o principality_n in_o caria_n byzantium_n besiege_v by_o philip._n when_o the_o chief_a magistracy_n of_o athens_n be_v in_o the_o hand_n of_o sosigenes_n and_o marcus_n valerius_n and_o marcus_n publius_n execute_v the_o office_n of_o consul_n at_o rome_n arymbas_n 3604._o olymp._n 109._o 3._o ant._n ch._n 340._o an._n m._n 3604._o king_n of_o the_o molossian_n die_v after_o he_o have_v reign_v ten_o year_n leave_v his_o son_n aeacidas_n the_o father_n of_o pyrrbus_n but_o by_o the_o help_n of_o philip_n of_o macedon_n alexander_n the_o brother_n of_o olympias_n succeed_v arymbas_n petilius_n *_o caius_z petilius_n in_o sicily_n timoleon_n march_v against_o the_o leontines_n to_o who_o hicetas_n have_v join_v himself_o with_o a_o great_a army_n and_o in_o the_o first_o place_n besiege_v the_o new_a city_n as_o it_o be_v call_v epyrus_n *_o a_o part_n of_o epyrus_n but_o the_o garrison_n be_v very_o strong_a they_o easy_o repulse_v the_o assailant_n and_o thereupon_o he_o raise_v his_o siege_n without_o effect_v any_o thing_n then_o he_o make_v for_o engya_n at_o that_o time_n under_o sicily_n the_o act_n of_o timoleon_n in_o sicily_n the_o tyranny_n of_o leptines_n and_o ply_v it_o with_o continual_a assault_n be_v very_o earnest_a and_o intent_n to_o set_v they_o free_a by_o the_o expulsion_n of_o leptines_n while_o timoleon_n be_v thus_o employ_v hicetas_n march_v away_o from_o leontium_n with_o all_o his_o force_n and_o besiege_v syracuse_n but_o have_v lose_v there_o a_o great_a part_n of_o his_o army_n he_o haste_v back_o to_o leontium_n timoleon_n at_o length_n so_o terrify_v leptines_n that_o under_o the_o term_n of_o safe_a conduct_n he_o be_v send_v away_o to_o peloponnesus_n and_o by_o these_o banishment_n timoleon_n expose_v to_o the_o grecian_n the_o trophy_n of_o his_o victory_n over_o the_o tyrant_n and_o forasmuch_o as_o the_o apolloniates_n be_v likewise_o under_o the_o power_n of_o leptines_n he_o receive_v apollonia_n into_o his_o protection_n and_o restore_v they_o as_o well_o as_o the_o engyans_n to_o their_o liberty_n but_o be_v in_o great_a want_n of_o money_n so_o that_o he_o know_v not_o how_o to_o pay_v the_o soldier_n he_o order_v a_o thousand_o arm_a man_n command_v by_o expert_a officer_n to_o make_v incursion_n into_o the_o carthaginian_a territory_n these_o harrassed_a the_o country_n far_o and_o near_o and_o get_v together_o abundance_n of_o rich_a plunder_n and_o spoil_n and_o bring_v it_o to_o timoleon_n who_o expose_v all_o to_o public_a sale_n and_o raise_v a_o vast_a sum_n of_o money_n whereby_o they_o pay_v the_o soldier_n for_o a_o long_a time_n beforehand_o present_o after_o he_o possess_v himself_o of_o entella_n and_o put_v to_o death_n fifteen_o of_o the_o citizen_n who_o adhere_v to_o the_o carthaginian_n and_o restore_v the_o rest_n to_o their_o liberty_n timoleon_n grow_v every_o day_n in_o reputation_n for_o his_o
ch._n 307._o and_o fight_v and_o rout_v the_o hetruscan_o and_o pursue_v they_o to_o their_o very_a camp_n about_o '_o the_o same_o time_n the_o samnite_n when_o the_o roman_a army_n be_v abroad_o at_o a_o great_a distance_n without_o the_o least_o fear_n of_o a_o enemy_n besiege_v the_o japyges_n ally_n to_o the_o roman_n therefore_o the_o consul_n be_v force_v to_o divide_v their_o force_n fabius_n continue_v in_o hetruria_n but_o marcius_n march_v against_o the_o samnite_n and_o take_v the_o city_n of_o allita_n by_o storm_n and_o free_v their_o ally_n from_o the_o siege_n of_o japyges_n but_o fabius_n while_o the_o etrurians_n flock_v in_o great_a multitude_n to_o besiege_v sutrium_n slip_v secret_o by_o the_o enemy_n through_o the_o border_a country_n and_o make_v a_o incursion_n into_o the_o high_a hetruria_n which_o have_v for_o a_o long_a time_n be_v free_a from_o all_o manner_n of_o inroad_n and_o invasion_n where_o break_v in_o upon_o the_o sudden_a he_o waste_v and_o harass_v the_o country_n up_o and_o down_o and_o rout_v those_o of_o the_o inhabitant_n that_o make_v head_n against_o he_o and_o kill_v many_o of_o they_o and_o take_v a_o great_a number_n of_o prisoner_n afterward_o he_o overcome_v and_o kill_v many_o of_o they_o in_o another_o battle_n at_o a_o place_n call_v perusia_n and_o put_v that_o people_n into_o a_o great_a consternation_n he_o be_v the_o first_o of_o the_o roman_n that_o ever_o enter_v with_o a_o army_n into_o those_o part_n but_o he_o make_v peace_n with_o the_o arretines_n and_o crotonean_n and_o they_o of_o perusina_n and_o take_v the_o city_n call_v castula_fw-la he_o force_v the_o etrurians_n to_o raise_v their_o siege_n before_o sutrium_n this_o year_n there_o be_v two_o censor_n create_v at_o rome_n the_o one_o of_o who_o be_v appius_n claudius_n who_o with_o the_o concurrence_n of_o his_o colleague_n caius_n plautius_n abrogate_a many_o of_o the_o ancient_a law_n for_o to_o gratify_v the_o people_n he_o make_v no_o account_n of_o the_o senate_n he_o bring_v water_n which_o be_v from_o he_o call_v appia_n into_o rome_n from_o place_n mile_n place_n about_o 10_o mile_n fourscore_o furlong_n distant_a 751._o p._n 751._o and_o expend_v a_o vast_a sum_n of_o money_n in_o this_o work_n receive_v out_o of_o the_o treasury_n by_o consent_n of_o the_o senate_n then_o he_o lay_v a_o causey_n of_o hard_a stone_n the_o great_a part_n of_o that_o way_n which_o be_v from_o he_o call_v appia_n extend_v from_o rome_n to_o capua_n a_o mile_n a_o about_o 120_o mile_n thousand_o furlong_n 〈◊〉_d an_fw-mi 〈…〉_o ch._n 307._o the_o appian_n 〈◊〉_d and_o upward_o and_o with_o great_a cost_v and_o expense_n level_v all_o the_o rise_a ground_n and_o fill_v up_o all_o the_o holes_n and_o hollow_a place_n make_v all_o even_a and_o plain_a but_o hereby_o drain_v the_o treasury_n almost_o of_o all_o the_o money_n that_o be_v in_o it_o and_o by_o this_o his_o lay_v out_o of_o himself_o in_o promote_a the_o public_a good_a he_o 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